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forScore, the sheet music reader, is the no. 1-ranked music app on the Apple Store with good reason. Justin Bianco, its creator, talks about the tech, his philosophy, his background — and why his mom is his target user.

Martin Keary and Simon Smith from Muse Group talk about MuseScore 4’s design and engraving improvements. We go behind the scenes to hear about the decisions, roadblocks, and good fortune that happened along the road to the release.

Adrian Holovaty talks about Soundslice’s new capability to read music notation from an image and use machine learning to improve results over time, with the goal of revolutionizing the process.

Melissa Smey, the executive director of Miller Theatre at Columbia University, talks with us about her vast experience presenting new music, working with composers, performers, and the community in her “commission mission”.

In recognition of the new edition of “Rodeo”, we present a 1970 interview Aaron Copland gave to John Downey at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee about his works, his career, and the future of music.

If you work with opera, music notation software will help manage the genre’s large forces, multiple sections, revisions, piano reductions, and more. Joshua Luty, librarian for the Houston Grand Opera and member of the MOLA Technology Committee, talks about the mix of timeless traditions and new tech that go into preparing opera.

Tim Davies, a self-described “arranger that fell into orchestrating”, talks about how his musical curiosity, relentless practicality — and no shortage of keyboard macros — helped him become one of the most sought-after pros in the music business.

Nicole Jordan, principal librarian of the Philadelphia Orchestra, visits with us at the conclusion of the successful 2022 MOLA Conference, hosted by her hometown orchestra.